Railway-car.



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RAILWAY GAR. A'PLIATION FILED APR. I3, 1903.

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ffomey N0 MODEL No. 731,149. PATENTBD 11111116, 1903.

" G. ZIMMBRMAN.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. s. 1903.

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UNITED. STATES` Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CASPER 'ZIMMERMAN, OF `CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES ANDERSON 'AND JOHN M. KNADLE, OF VIENNA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

RAILWAY-CAR..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,149', dated 'a' une 1'6, 1903 Y Application filed April 3. 19.03. Serial No. 150.984. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it'my concern.-

Be it known that I, CASPER ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 5 nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forma part of this specification.

improvements in cars, and especially in the provision of a passenger or other car which is madeup of 'a metallic shell, the ends of which are made, preferably, of cast-steel or other metal, and in the provision of a hood, removably held over the roof of the shell, with a slight space intervening between the shell and the removable hood or top, whereby a current of air' is allowed to circulate between the hood and shell and the ray'sof the sun prevented from coming in direct contact with the roof of the car proper.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and combinations and -arrangenrients ofparts, which will be hereinafter fully described and thenspecically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the pauying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved car, portions of one side of the car being removed, and also the protecting-hood. Fig. 2 is a`side elevation of a car, showing in dotted lines the position that the protecting-hood would assume when placed over the car. Fig. 3 is'a side elevation of the protecting-hood. Fig. 4 is-a .perspective view of one end of the car. Fig. 5 is an end View, and Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view through the car, showing in section the hood held over the car.

Reference now being hadto the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the shell of a car, which is made, preferably, reproof and of any suitable metal-as boiler-plate vfue' iron-and the plates of which are fastened egether byv-means of rivets A. The general This invention relatesL to new and useful shape of the body portion of thel car is cylindrical outlined, with the opposite sides flat tened, as shown clearly in Figs. 5v and 6 of the drawings, and is mounted upon suitable trucks B. Along each side of the car is a' and handle, whereby an operator may throw I all of the doors open together, or any door may be so arranged as to open independent of the others when for any purpose it may be desired to open a single door and when it is desired to allow the others to remain closed.

Each end of the car is provided with a conical-shaped end F,which is flattened'on its opposite sides, as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Said ends comprise hollow shells, made, preferably, of cast-steel, and are riveted to the body portion of the car, as shown clearly in lthe drawings. TheV tip ends of said shells are preferably flattened slightly,

as shown, and are so constructed that the telescoping of cars is impossible.

The protective hood (designated by letter' K) has downwardly-projecting strips K', intermediate which are spaces N, and said projecting portions K' when the hood is placed over the car are designed to' engage behind the guideways J on either side of the doorentrances of the cars, while the lugs or rivets upon the hoodwill prevent the same from coming down against the top of the body por- I tion ofthe car, leaving a space R, (shown clearly invFig. 6 of the drawings,) intervento the. car and may be used i.. hot weatherl and may be easily removed from the car when not. required?" what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved construction of reproof car, comprising a body portion made up of general cylindrical outline with flattened sides,

' cast conical-shaped shells forming en'ds to the car, and a protective hood adapted to be car- Aried by the car, asset forth.

2. An improved construction of car, comprising a body portion made up of substantially cylindrical shape with Iiattened sides, tapering and hollow cast shells fitted to the ends of the car, and a hood extendingv the entire length of the car projecting over the meeting ends of the car with said shell, as set forth.

3. An improved construction of can-comprisnga body portion of metal, shells of cast metal fitted to the ends-of the body portion of the car, and a hood adapted to be held over the roof of the car with a space intervening between the same and said car.- as set forth.

4. An improved construction of ear com- 'prising a body portion of metal, hollow cast shells having their opposite 'sides flattened `way, a hood having downwardly-projecting portions held by said guideways between the door-openings, the ends of said hood projecting over the meeting edges of the ends of the car with saidY shells, as set forth.

lIn testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CASPER ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses:

A. L. HoUGH, FRANKLIN H. HoUGH'. 

